Haircloth-loom.



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HAIRGLOTH LOOM.

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No. 860,806. PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

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HAIROLOTH LOOM.

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No. 850,806. PATENTED APR. 16, 1907.

G. TAYLOR. HAIRGLOTH LOOM.

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. the'hair-trougl'i and its support bro such devices.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

GEORGE TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIRCLOTHr-LOOM.

defective Weaving caused by failure of the shuttle .to engage a hair, on each pick, to simand improve the hair-selecting inechanism, and generally to improve the construc tron-pf the loom with the view of quickening "the action of the same and improving the product. These objects I attain in thema'nner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whieh- Figure 1 is a front view of a hairclothdooin constructed in accordance with. my invention, part of the breast-beam and its' appurtenances being brokenaway in order to il1u.s-' trate more clearly parts behind the same. Fig. 2 is an end view-of part of the loom looking in .the direction of the arrow 1;, Fig. 1,

but with part of the hair-trough and its'su-p port, broken away. Fig. 3 is an end view of part of the loom looking in the direction of the arrow y, F g. 1, but also 'havingiapart of en away. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of part of the loom. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one end of the loom, partly in section. Fig. 6 is a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the'hainselect ing devices of the loom and of certain de-.

vices for arresting the operation of the lied dles' when a shuttle misses a pick. Fig. 7 is a view, partly in. section ahdpartly in side elevation, of other of said heddle-arresting devices,. Fig. 7 is a view showing the elements of Figs. 6 and 7 in connected relation, F ig. 8 is a perspective view of parts of the loom-frame and lay and devices carried thereby and intended to illustrate more clearly than the general views the construction of Fig. 8 is a view showing the relationof. the nippors and-shuttle at the time that the hair-is about to he engaged and held by the clamping devices oi. the latter.

Fig. 9 is a-plan view of the shuttle. Fig. 10 is a. sectional plan: \'It\\' of the same. Fig. 11

- is a front View of the shi'dtlo; and Figs. 12 to 14 are views, on an enlarged scale, 1llu'strat-.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 8, 1904. Serial No. 219,988.

Patented April 16,1907.

ing the construction of certain parts 01 the loom not clearly shown in the general views.

The general weaving inccl'ianisin of the loom-that is to say, the means for supplying and shedding the warp-threads, for operating the take-up devices, and for operating the lay and pickcrsmav be varied in ii-any ways without departing from my invention, since the latter has no reference to this general weaving llltrtllfllllslll, but relates spenally to means 'ior selecting the hairs from the hair-pans, delivering the-in to the shuttle, and releasing them therefrom. and. for preventing defective weaving due to mispicks. A brief description of the general construction of the loom will, however, be advisable in order to afford a proper under standing of my invention. Hence I will say that 1- 1 represent the fixed ehd frames of the looin; 2, the warp-bean'i; 3, the breast-beam; 4, the take-12p roll; 5, the swinging lay with reed 6; 7, the crank-shaft whereby" swinging movement is imparted to the lay, and 8 a shaft driven at one-half the speed of the crank-sh aft and having rollers 9, acting upon treadles 1.0., which are connected in the usual way to the opposite picker-sticks 11, the latter having pickers 11, Fig. 5, whereby the shuttle is thrown across the lay from oneend 1 of the shuttle-race to the other. 1

The warp-threads are controlled by heddles 12, which maybe shedded by any c onvenie-nt mechanism, the heddles being in the present instance depressed by means ofisprings 13 and raised by connection 'with the reciprocating jacks 14 of a heddle-Inotion, which is operated by a crank-pin on a wheel- 15 on the (See Fig. 2.) The vertically-reciprocating card-cylinder or pattern-drum of said heddle-rnotion is represented at 16 and receives motion from a lever 16,- Fig. '2, which is actuatedby a earn 16" on the shaft 7. The hairs which. are to constitute the weft or filling for the fabric are laid longitudinally in curved pans 17, one of whichis arranged at each endof the loom, for it should be understood that the latter is of duplex charac ter that is to say, the shuttle receives a hair at each. end of its traverse, so that figured fabric can be produced by using hairs of one color or shade in the wan at one end of the looin and heirs of a dilierent color or shade in the van at the opposite end of the loom.

The lay of the loom has at each end selecting devices for picking the hairs singly from the troughs l7 and delivering them to the shuttle, the selecting devices at each end of the lay being alike. Hence a description of one of them will b .llice. Each. selector com.- prises a pair of nippers 18 and 19, Fig. ('5, the nipper 18 being fixedly mounted upon an arm 20, projecting from a slide 21, which is verti cally guided in a forked bracket 22, mounted u on the fixed frame'o'f the loom at the end o thev breast-beam, vertical reciprocating motion being im 'iarted to this slide 31 from. a crank-pin 23, ad ustal'ale in, a slottcdcrank 24 on the shaft 8, shown in Fig. 2, said. crankpin being coi'mected by a link 25 to a lever 26, which is pivoted to the side frame 1 of the loom and is connected by a link 27 to the lower end of the slide 21. The other nipper 19 is mounted upon a swinging arm 28, piw otally mounted upon the inner end of the arm 20, the nippers being normally held in contact with one another by the action of a coiled spring 29, coin'iected at one end to the arm 20 and at the other end. to the nipper 19, as shown. in Fig. 6, proper relation of the gripping ends of" the nippers to each pther when said iiippers are closed being determined by contact of a stop-pin 28* on the arm 28 with a fixed finger 28* on the lay.

When the slide 21 is raised, however, the 1ipper end of the arm 28 comes into the path of a bent arm 30, pivotally mounted upon a bracket 31 at the end of the lay, as shown in Fig. 8, and norm ally held in. the retracted position shown in Fig. 2 by the pull of a coiled. spring 32, as shown in Fig. 8. ddhen the lay swings forward, however, the inwardly-bent endof the arm is engaged by a hook 33,

i which is hung to apart of the fixed frame of the loom, as shown in Figs 2 and 8, normally supported in a horizontal position, as by contact with a pin 83, Figs. and I so that on thenext backward swing of thclaj the bent end of the arm 30 will be caught by said hook and retained thereby Hence as the arm 28, which carries the nipper 19, swings baclc wardly with the lay said arm will come in contact with the arm 30, and the latter is retained by the hook Sid-and cannot move backwardly with the lay it presses upon the npper end of the arm 28, with the eli'cct of swinging said arm 28 on. its pivot and separating the ends of the nippers 1S and 19; so

as to release the hair which has been clamped between them. As the lay continues its swing the arm '30 turns on its pivot-pin and its engaging end swings downward, so to be drawn from under the hook a3, and re position noparatory to again engagingpthe hook on the nex t forward beat of the lay.

The nipper 19 is retained in the open posi tion by engagcn'ient of a notched trigger 34- with a hook. 35 oil the arm .28, so that when. the nippcrs again descend into the mass of hairs in the pan 17 the ends of the nippers will be separated, and when the tri ger 34 is lifted so as to release the hook 35 t 1e nipper 19 will by the action of the spring 29 be pulled toward the nip er 18, so as to again grasp 'ahair between t em.

- The tripping of the trigger 34 is effected by a swinging arm 36, which is connected to one of'the heddle--frames 12, the descent of the latter informing the shed of War tl1reads causing the lifting of the arm 36 an the trip pingot the trigger, the descent of the arm 36 I on the rise of the hedrlle-frame being efi ected by means of, a coiledspring 37, cpnncctcd at one end to the arm 36 and at thif dther end to the bracket 22, as shown in Fig. 6. Any

frame and the arm 36 may be rovided, the connection which I employ in t 16 present instance being shown in Figs. 1. and 3 and comprising a cord or Wire 38, passing over suitable guide-pulleys and connectedat one end. to the'appropriate heddle-frani 12 and at the other end to a bar 39, guided in the bracket 22 and having its lower end with the arm 36, shown in Fig. '6.

If the nippers fail to grasp a hair and deliver the same to the shuttle, thns causing a mispick, it'is necessary to stop the operation of the pattern mechanism of the heddlemotion, so that there will not be any chan e in the shed of warp-threads, as that would store the shed as it existed when the misick occiirred. The means which I employ For slice-ting such stoppage are shown inhigs. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and. 8 and are asfollows:

Mounted upon a bracket 40 on the lay is a rock-shaft 4]], from which project two wires 42 and 43, the wire ,42 occupying such posi tron in respect to the shuttle-box of the lay that when the shuttle enters said box the wire will be moved by contact with the lower front corner of the shuttle in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 6, so as to lift the outer bent end of the wire 4-3 into the mounted on the fixed frame of the loom, and if as the shuttle is shot across the shuttlerace it draws a hair into the open shed of warps this hair will maintain the wire 42 in the positionto which it has been moved, as shown in Fig. 7, and the bent end of the wire when the le swings backward; but if no hair is drawn into the open shed of warps by the shuttle the wire 42 will as soon as the shuttle leaves the box drop to the position shown in Fig. 6, and the hentend of the wire 43 will not come under the influence of the cam 44.

The wire 43 has a connection 45 with an arm 4-6 on a rock-shaft 47, mounted in brackets on the lay, and said rock shaft 47 has another arm 4%), which is connected by a link 50 to atrigger 51, hung onthe under side of the lay, as shown in Fig. 7.

suitable connection between the heddle pivotal connection at path of a cam 44,-

43 will therefore be lifted by the cam 44 necessitate a turning back of the loom to re ICO on a fixedv bar 52 bech is connected by a bent link ad on a rock-shaft 56, mounted in suitablehangers beneath the breast-beain 3, and when the lay is fully re traeted the end of the trigger 51 will when the wire 42 .is in the position shown in Fig. 6 drop into such position as to engage with the inner end of the bar 53, as shown by dotted lines in. Fig. 7, so that on the next forward movement of the lay said bar will be pushed forward by enga einent with the trigger and the shaft 56 will rocked in the direction of t earrow, Fig. 7. 1f, iowever, the wire 42 is held outward bv engagement with the hair which is bein drawn into the shed of warps,

as shown in F1 I. the tri er 0] MN be held g he Guided s neath the lay main in this condition until the shuttle engages a hair and pulls it into. the ope ot' warps.

in order that may be brought into the path ol the selectingnippers, it bet-tunes necessarv to impart. loand-fro movement to said pails to the extent of the width of the his movement is imparted to the vertically reciprocating at the co end oi the loom; the mechanism being as l'ollows: From the slide 2] projects a iinger 72;, l and 12. and on the rise oi comes into contact with one arm 01' a lever 74, which is free to 75, mounted so as to be suitable bearing on the iixed all oi the hairs in each pan l7 1n" tl1 e elevated jposition shown by full lines structure of theloom, the other arm of said in Fig. 7. and W1 lnot engage with the bar 53. lever 7 t being bent upwardly and provided The rock-shaft 56 has upon it, in addition with a pivoted pawl 76, which engages with to the arm 55, other arms 57 and 58, (see the teeth of a ratchet-wheel 77, secured to Figs. 1. and 4,) the arm 57 being connected the shaft 75, whereby on each rise oi'pthe by a link 59, (shown by dotted lines in Fi slide 21 the lever 74 will be struck by the tin- 4,). to a lever 60 which is hung to one of the ger73'and a forward nmvementof partial r0 side frames of the loom and is connected bya tation will be imparted to the ratchet-wheel link 61 to another lever 6 one of the arms 77 and shaft 75, t to lever 74 being restored of Whit. 1S notched, as shown 111 big. 1, for to its normal position after each operation engagement with an arm 63 on the rocker 64, by reason of a spring 78, Figs. 1 to. 12, conwhichactuates the bars wherebythe heddlenected at one end to the-lever and at the controlling "asks 14 are moved, thereby temother end to thetixed frame. ()n the outer porarily locking these parts together, so to end of each shaft 75 is a crank 79, Figs. 2 and prevent accidental movement of either of the R, laying a pin which is connected by a link same at thist iin The lever 621's connected to the hair-pan '7. I once the shaft 75 by a link 65't-o another' lever titi, which in .is rotated intermittently the hair-trough. 17- turn is connected by a link 67 to the pivoted. wi be moved back and. forth upon its suphook (is, which engages the toothed. disk at ports 17 by a corresponding series ol int-erthe end oi the card-cylinder or pal tern-drum inittent movements. and insures partial rotation of the same on he shuttle 81 has at each end ae.l.-1mping each reciprocating movement ohsaid drum. ever 82, with suitable pins 8-; and 84 enter- Xormally the parts are in position shown in ing recesses in the face of the shuttle, and ig. I, the lever 02 being out oi engagement these levers are norinalh held in a closed poith the arm 63 and the hook ofi being in ensition by the action of a spring-W3, contained gageinent with the toothed disk oi the patin a. central recess oi theshuttle, as shown in tern-drum ll', iowever, the rock-shaft:- 56 Fig 10. "he inner end of each chtmping. is rocked in the direction ol the arrow, Fig. 7, lever 82 extends outwardlv, so as to form a. the lever 62 will be moved so. as to engage cam 86, as showi'iin Figs. 9 and Hi, and as the with the arm 63, and the hook 68 will be shuttle enters its box at either end of the lay moved out. of engagementwith the toothed this cam formation 8'6 oi the forward clampdisk oi'thepattern-drmn,andthe same operaing-lever of the shuttle comes into contact tion will take place on each lorward beat.- oi"- with a' rod 87, projecting inwardly from the the hrv so long as the shuttle misses a pick. fixed structure oi the loom at the. end of the The arm 58 oi the shal't 5c is, as show u in breast-beam, as'shown iii-Figs. 5 and 8, so as Fig. .i, eoni'iected h\ a wire til to an arm 7t to open the forwardend of the; clampin le on the pawl 73, which operates the ratehctver for the reception of the hair which has wheel of the take-up mechanism, and. the been lifted from the trou h 17 by the nip sameunotion ot the shal't- 56 which causes )ers. If, however, the shuttle is shot viothe :1ilUVO-tit'StI'iiltti action upon the heddle iently into the box, as by the action of an ormeclomism will cause the pawl 72 to be lifted inary picker, mispicl-zs are likely to occur out, ol engagement with said ratchet-wheel, by reason of the dislodging ot' the hair from thercbv causing a cessation in the. operation the nippers. Hence I provide for arresting oi" the take-up mechanism. ln'ot'her words, the movement of the shuttle before it has the loom so far as regards change in the 'fully entered the o'x and completing its shedding of the warps and the take-up of the trave by a relatively slow and easy move- I woven fabric will come to}; standstill Whenment, soas to insure the proper engagement ever the shuttle misses aii ick and will reof the clamping devices of the shuttle with again rresponding" the heir which has been lifted by the nip )ers for this purpose. This object is attained by mechenisnrbest shown in Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 1.3, which mechanism is the same "for each 5 shuttle-box and is as follows: (in each side frame of the corn is 21 can: 90, which when the lay is in its full vretmeted position so acts upon the arm 91, which is .-onnei -.t.e il to the pickereticlc ol the corresponding shuttleio box, as to draw the picker some distance. inwurdly from the outer end of said. shuttlehox, so that when the shuttle alter being, shot. across the lay enters the slmttle-hox it will be arrested by the picker before it reaches a 5 the outer end of the box and before the clamping devices at the forward end of the shuttle are in osition to engage the hair raised by the so ecting11ippe;s.

The same shaft 8, which operates the pickentrendlcs 10, has arms with rollers 93, adapted to act upon arms 93 on a. rock-slni-l't 94, which is mounted in suitable bearings on the fixed frame of the loom, each rock'sheft 94 l'iaving another arm 95, which is crmnect" t ed by a cord or wire 96 to a lever 97, having like connection 98 with a ievcr 99, mounted on the side of the breast-beam 3, said lever 9'.) having slotand-pin connection, ns shown in Fig, 13, with a su plementary shut l le-pusher 0 100, which is guir ed so to move longitudi na-lly on the forked inner end o a. slide. llll, Fig. 5, the latter being mounteo so to be moved back and forth in guides tor: on the breast-beam 3 of the loom.

The supplementary pusher 100 is normally retracted tr. he position shown in Fig. 5 by meuns'of a coiled spring 103; but it can be moved in the direction of the arrow, Fig. .5, by the action of the roller 92 on the arm 93 40 when the lay is approaching the limit of its forward n'iovenient rind will thus engage with the inner end of the shuttle, which has pertiully entered the shuttlwbox and which ly theforward movement of the lay has been carried into the pathof said supplementary pusher, the latter serving to push said shuttle ont'ward in the box to t be ull extent, the main picker yielding in silvunic of the shuttle itS' the. lay swings forwardly, because the arm 91, which is connected to the pickensticlr, is free to travel outwardly along the inclined face of the cum 9U.

Release of each hair from the clamping: de-

vices of the shuttle after said heir hes been.

properly drawn by the shuttle through the open shed of warp-threads is cllcctcd by connection with the picking motion at the opposite end of the ln.v--thnt is to say, the re lease of the hair from the shuttle emerging do from the right-hand side of the shed is el'l'crt ed by the picking motion at the lel't hund end of the lay, and the release of the hair from the shuttle emerging from the left-hand side of the. shed is ell'crtcd by the picking motion at the right-hand end of the lay, such control ence. being had only to one set of releasing devices: To a suitable block 104, Figs. 1, 4, end 5, on a-trensverse her itl', the front of the shuttle-recc is pivoted i1, lever 106, which is com'iected by a link it)? to a. hell crank le ver ms. ivoted upon one of the lower crossbars of the lay, said lever 10% being connect cd. by a. link 109 to another bell-crank lever 110, pivoted near the opposite end of said cross-bar, as shown in Fig. 1, said lever 110 having a depending wire '1 11' hooked at the lower end for engagement "with a. loop 112 near the front end of the pic'lier-trcadle' 10. (See Figs. 1 and 4.)

When the forward end of either treadle is depressed, therefore, so as to shoot the shut 'tle across the lat-y from one end of the same, the lever we at the opposite end. of the lay will be operated so that-a. portion of said 1ever will be raised into the path of the cam portions 843 of theclempi'ngdevers 82 of the shuttle, and said clampingdevers will there fore he opened and the rear clamp will re lease the hair which has been pulled 'by the shuttle through the open shed of warps.

color are being used and it is desired to introend then a. hair of enother color, it is neces sary to prevent the sclecting-nippers from picking it hair from the leftdn-ind. trough if they have missed a hair ill) the right-hand trough, or vice verse. Otherwise there is aliabil'itv that two heirs of the same (olor will'be introduced successively.

If the heddles alone itre relied upon for effecting control of the nippers, a. couple of picks will be wasted whenever the nippers fail to catch in hair from either pan. For instance, supposing that the rigid-hand pair of nippers fails to operate, there will he no change in the operation of the heddles on thetpick. Consequentl the nippers et'the 0pposit'e. side of the loom will also feil. to opernte, end the empty shuttle will he shot back to the right-hand side of the loom again.

the nippers now grasp e hair and pull. it through the shed, the movement of the heddies will not be in proper time to effect the operation of the nippers at the-left-hrind end of the loom hot-truss of the 'irevious iIliSpiCli, end there will consequently be a rnispick at that end. in order, therefore, to insure of the loom whenever a thread is caught b i' the nippers at the other end of the loom and. to supplement the action of the heddles in i this espect, l employ the devices shown in Figs. i, '3, ti, and H, on reference to which it will he observed that the bracket 22 carries :1

tin-o wires l H rind lit"), the wire li-i being so disposed that thenrppers rise from t he he irpan a heir cm|glit--by s=ml nippers will hl-t being effected in the following manner, refer- Whcn hairs of different colors or shades of duce into the l'nln'ic first a hair of one color propm' operation of the nippers etcit/her end I if. 1?

fering with the pushing of the shuttle to its ultimate outward position in the shuttle box by the action of the supplementary pie-her 100.

H the shuttle fails to properly enter the shuttle-box, the lUOIihHl'lOllltl be stopped, and such stoppeg'e ei'l'eeted by mechanism shown in Figs. I, 3, and 5, on reference to which it will be observed that the outer end of the slide 10], which carries the supplemeniary picker .100, acts, by means of a toe 10], upon a bell-erank lever 130, hung to a bracket on the lavast-beam, said lever noting upon-an antiiriction-roller 131, Fig. 5, on a bar 152, whieh extends transversely across the breast-imam and mounted in suitable guides thereon, one end ol this bar acting" upon the usual lnuwlt-oifi lever 133 so as to release the same fI'OIDillQ 110t(1l1(-'(l bar 134, which normally retains it, the le *er being connected to the power mechanism of the loom in the ordinary way, so that when thrown out of muragement with bar 134- it will release said power mechanism and eil'ec-t stoppage of the loom.

When both hair-pans are provided with hair of the same color, the connections 38 heiwl-en the heddles and the-selecting devices at the opposite ends of the lav are said wire, and consequently cause a downuurd and inward svdntring movement of the outer end of t he wire H5. his wire engages with'a swinging finger 116, pendent from an arm ll7 on a shaft I18, which is imnluted on a fixture oi the loon'i and has hnoi her arm 1 19,

to which is connected. the lower end oi a eord or wire i120, the upper end of which is connected to a hell-crank lever 121, mounted on an upper portion of the fixed structure of the loom, as shown in Fig. 1, another cord or wire 12;; extending from this bell-crank lover to the connection 38 between the heddle-franm and the trigger-operatinn rod 39 for the nippers at the opposite end of the loom. \Vhem over, therefore, a hair is caught by the nippers and lifted into position to be engaged by the shuttle at one end of the loom, the outer end of the wire 115 will be-clepressed and the lower end of the pendent finger 116 will be swung in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 14, so as to come into the path of the projecting lug 73 on the reciprocating bar 21, and con tart ol this lug with the finger 116 will cause nioven'ient oi the lever -1 I 9 in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 14, and a consequent pull upon the cord or wire 120 and a lift of the triggenoperating mechanism" for the nippers at the opposite end of the loom. This operation will be supplemental to that of the hedunited, so that The-selecting devices at each 7 dies when the latter are working profuu'lv end olthe lay will be operated on eae-h pick "served that the front extends throughout almost the entire length when their action would be ineffective to pending vertical flange it will be struck and pressed outwardly bv the swi the oi the loom.

llavingr thus described and independent. of the action ofthe heddles my invent-ion, I

cause the proper operation of the nippers. claim and desire to seeure by Letters Pat- In. order to prevenothe shuttle whenit en! 7 enters the shuttle-box at either end 01' the 1- 'lhe comlunai'ion, in a haircloth-loom,

of the hair pan, the selecting nippers, a

lay from striking too hard upon the parmovable carrier therefor, nlea-nsior 'o'penlng tlallymroject'ed picker, I provide a braking device for the shuttle, (best shown in Figs-(5 the nippers, a trigger for retaining them in and S, on referenceto which it will be obthe open position, and a trip iOT'StLMi trigger,

substantially as specified.

2. The combination,in a haircloth-lo0n1, of the hair pan, the seleetingnippers, a movable carrier therefor, means for opening the nippers. a trigger for retaining them in the'open-position, a trip for said trigger, and a connection between said trip-and the heddle mechanism of the l00n1,'subst u-ntially as specified.

3. The combination hair-vans, and selec of the shuttle-box has pivotedte it at its outer end a bar 125. which of the box and has within the latter a de- 126, so disposed that Shuttle as the latter enters the box.) The bar 125 is normally pressed inward by means of a. lever 12?, which is hung to a briuzket on. the

out of the shuttle-bo i, the. upper end of this lever being acted upon by a coiled ina hairclotlnloom,

f ting-nippers at opp0 spring l28 extendin r ifrom sahtupper end of site em 5 of the'loom, movable carriers for 1; 1e lever to a stud 129, projecting upward the nippers, means for opening the nippers,

froin the rear side of the flange'126 of the bar125 shuttle-box. The thus acts a i'ric shuttle as it enters prevents the same from striking partially projeoted box. As the lay the lower end of triggers for retaining them in the open position, trips for said. triggers, a oonneotion between the same and t1 e heddle meo han: is1n,of the loom, and an independent 00nnectio'n for each hair which is lifted by the posite end ofthe specified.

4. The clombimition, in it hairol of a hair-mu, a pair o'l' hair-selectingnippers, a. movable carrier therefor. and an opening device for said nip pie er at the end of the sjforward, however, ever127, comes into I frame of.'the'lo 0m,' as shown in Fig. 6, thereby causing'su'oh movement of the lever as will relieve the bar 125 from pressure of the same, and thus prevent the flange 126 from interof said trips operated by the nip ers at the opoom, su stantia'lly as 5 ms eonsisling of a shaft" 3 10 for reminii'ig the nippri having an arm thereon and a hook 'lor engaging said arm as the lay wings ruar\\ :1,1-dl\-, substantially specified,

of e l1air- .'::1 n, a pair of ln1ir-sele0iing nip pers, a movable earner rheretor, an opening (hence for said 11i.pj )t-'1s consisiing of a shaft. having an arm thereon, :1 hook for engaging said arm as the lay swings rezirwnrdly', and 11 trigger in the open rmsition, substantially 11s sper'il d.

6. The pomhinsizion in a l1uireloih-lomn. of a hair-pen, and :1 pair of wting -nippers at each end of the looin, morn-lilo carriers for 5 said nippers, Lriggers for remaining zhe nippers in the open position, trips for said trip ers, and connections wl'iereln' ll heir cangn'i.

y the nippers am either end of the. loom is caused to operaie the trigger for ihe nippers at, the epposiie end of the loom, each of said 'conneetiens having elements a swinging J finger movable into and out of engi'igenient with the device which raises and loners the adjoining nippers, and means i'v'hereh'y said finger isswung into engageineni wi1h said device by the lifted hair, suhsia-n thilly as speedier.

H I 1. lh eoinbnnmon, 1n :1 he:roloLh-lmnn, of a hen-1x111, nieimied so 21s La) he movable back and forh, a pair of hainselee'ting nippers, means for raising and lowering the same; a shafthaving e remind-wheel thereon, and also having eonneciion with 1.111; imiepnn to nun/e the same hunk and l orih as the shell,

3 5 is related, a pawl engaging the ratelmL-wleeel .45 the opposite end of 110111 and a1 pan'lmarrier nojied upon by the device which operates the haieseleoiing nippers, substantially as spvei lied. 8. The comhininion, in a hairelotli-iomn,

box, and menne for operating said pusher on each forward heap; of the lay, the pick-in; member including a member ennslrueied 11.1 yield hefore'the shuttle 11s said pusher inows it outwardly, substantially as specified.

of the swinging: in lllcGllLfl'lSlIl,11163318 for arms; ing H10 oiitn'mu'l 111oven1ent 0f the pieki-rliel'ore ii has rrnehed the end .o'l' the sl'iuiilv-hox, 11 snpplrnwntnry "1o PUSllll or moving iheshuiile in the 1 nd of 'the hm, 21nd 111.1- a11slo1' operating said pusher on nae-h llniwnrd boat. of 1.110 lziy, the picker he- 10. The combination in :1 hniruloih-lnoni, i and us shuille-pinknig [49" of hair-pans and seleeiing-nippers 111- (nineing eo11s1lr11etedto yield in advance 1'11" llw shuttle 11s ,the lay swings leru'a 'rd, s1 il11-'.t:111 J willy ns specified.

end of ihe box, ihe means which arrests ihe oinward movement of Lhe main piokeFheing so disposed ihn-t, as Lhe la swingsl'orward, it n ill permi-L such outward uim'enient; ol the picker, substantially as specified.

12. The combination, in a heireloi-l1-loo11'1, of the swinging lay and its shuttle 'iicknig mechanism, an arm forming part of said sh 1.1 ttle-pieking mechanism, a earn for arresting the outward movement (if said arm, but permitbingsuch out-Ward movementas the lay swings forward, and a supplementary pusher for pushing the shuttle to the'outer end of the shuttle-box,snbstnntizill 21s spec-ihed.

.13. The conihinatiomin a l1aireloth-loo1n, of" t- 1e swinging lay and itsshuttle-pioking 'meo nuiisni, :1 sn pplementnry pusher for moving the shuttle to the outer end of the shuttlehox, and 11 shaft having thereon devices for operating both the main picking, HIGU-llfilll-SH'L and the supplmfienlzn ypusher, substantially as s 'iecilied.

I41. The isoinhinntion, in :1, lniireloth-lool11, of the swinging l '1 having shullle piekinn nieclninisni at each end ml the same, a shuttle having chimps theinon, :1- dm'iev at. each end 01" the 111) for opening the shutl'lo-r-lz1111ps as the shuttle leaves the shed, and n1erln111is111 whereby said ehnnp-opvning device at either end of ihe. In} is operated l vihe picker I1l0Ul1-- zinis i :1 t the opposite c-ndnl the lay, sidisluni-izilly 21s specified.

E5. The emnhiinition, in 51. l1nireloth-loom, oi the fivk'lilgf l g in having: slnitlle-pieking 1.111 :('-lm11is111 :11 inn-11111111111 the same, :1 shuttle having velznnps thmreon, clnn1p-reh1si11g de- "vi 'esinounted on the lay and 111ovz1l le into and. out ot rmnreol' the clamps on lhe shuttle, and an inlt-rnn-tliate system of levers, links and wires. also mounted upon the lay and HPX'VlHgz 1 s :1 means whereby the picker-(meenting hundle at either end of the lay is caused to operate the ehnn Fr-(lensing lever it the opposite 11111111 the lay, snhsLnn'i-inll 11sspeui-- lied.

ill. The eoinhinuiion, in :1v hi1iinlethdooni,

of the swinging l.-1 v and its shuttle-picking I i'neehiinisin, the knorh-nll' lever, 21 supplementary pusher or moving theshnttle to the o.1!1:1:(:n1.loll'=hr shut ll(-ljUJ-('; said supplmneninry pfislwr lining 111111111101] upon :1. sliding (:nrrimx und ;1 ronnvclinlr lrvtwvvn snid slid' ingg (-nrrier and flivl11o 3l -oll |1 er, whereby -the stuppng'eot' llie loom is ell'mded when the.

i of the slvinging lay and its elllllll'lil-PlCklflgl LJI iCO

mechanism, the hair-selecting devices, the l of the loom and also by a lifteclllaii' at theo shuttle having lmicengaging cleinps thereon, 1 posite end of'the loom from that at which t e and a contact device for engaging and opcncontrolled nipper is located. ing said clumps as the lay swings forwardly; In testimony whereof I have signed my I 5 5 substantially as specified. 5 name to this specification in the presence of- 18. The combination, in a hairclotli-loon'i, two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE TAYLOR of heir-pens and selccting-nip mrs at oppoj ite ends of the 100111, means for raising and lowering the nip pers, and means whereby the Witnesses: 10 closing of the nippers at either end of the WILLIAM F. BEATON,

loom is controlled by the heddle mechanism VVALTER CHIsM. 

